{"id":28143,"date":"2023-08-11T04:50:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T04:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-purpose-of-this-assignment-is-to-acquire-knowledge-of-the-main-political-doctrine-that-informed-u-s-policy-towards-the-soviet-union-during-the-cold-war\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T04:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T04:50:15","slug":"the-purpose-of-this-assignment-is-to-acquire-knowledge-of-the-main-political-doctrine-that-informed-u-s-policy-towards-the-soviet-union-during-the-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/the-purpose-of-this-assignment-is-to-acquire-knowledge-of-the-main-political-doctrine-that-informed-u-s-policy-towards-the-soviet-union-during-the-cold-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The purpose of this assignment is to acquire knowledge of the main political doctrine that informed U.S. policy towards the Soviet Union during the Cold War."},"content":{"rendered":"

The purpose of this assignment is to acquire knowledge of the main political doctrine that informed U.S. policy towards the Soviet Union during the Cold War.<\/span><\/p>\n

Post:<\/strong> <\/span>In 1946, an American diplomat stationed in Moscow, George Kennan, sent a 8,000-word telegram to the Department of State in Washington DC analyzing the nature of Soviet Union\u2019s foreign policy. Kennan\u2019s report, known as \u201clong telegram,\u201d provided the United States with a hypothetical framework to contain Soviet expansionism during the Cold War. After reading the <\/span><\/span>original document<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span>Download original document<\/span><\/a><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>write a 500-word post<\/strong> <\/span>responding to the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\n